Month: November 2009

A Dear Judge Letter

Government to Judge Weisberg: “Meh.”  [Updated] It’ s still undecided whether the annual Superior Court felony calender swap will bring  in a new judge – former prosecutor Lynn Leibowitz – to preside over the Wone case through the May 2010 trial.   Judge…

Weekend At Bernie's

Leftover Turkey Amuse-bouche:  Monday will bring the latest round of motions filed.  The Government responded, with some very strong language, to the defense request to keep Judge Weisberg on the Wone case.  That of course brought another response from the defense. …

State of Confusion

The Taxman Cometh On Monday, super sharpie contributor Meto walked us through some of the finer points of the Florida Homestead exemption – the law that may protect ownership of Joe and Victor’s Miami Shores home in the event they…

A Conspiracy of Dunces?

Maybe not the case… “Ann”, a reader of WMRW.com since its inception, offers her take on the case: I’ve been following this blog for almost one year. I have always been a “passive reader” because of the big effort I…

Sunshine State

Bienvenido a Miami In the years following Robert’s murder, Florida seemed to be calling out to the Swann Street defendants.  Dylan Ward moved down to Wilton Manors, Ft. Lauderdale’s gay enclave in the fall of 2007 to work at a…

There Will Be Blood

…Except At Swann Street. Evidence is everything at trial.  Cases rise and fall on available evidence, regardless of true justice.  Most often, it’s the presence of evidence (DNA, ballistics, a bloody glove, etc.) that determines the prosecution’s path and the…

"I Have Nothing To Say…"

When No Comment Speaks Volumes During a break in the action at the most recent status hearing, your editors saw an opportunity to get some comment from a group we don’t hear from often enough: supporters of the defendants. The…

Defense + Judge Weisberg = BFFs

Swann Street Swoons  At Friday’s status hearing we learned that the defense team submitted a joint motion for special assignment, a request of Chief Judge Lee Satterfield that the man presiding over the Wone case, Judge Frederick Weisberg, stay on until…

Spatter Chatter

Blood Does Not Lie   The idea of blood and its “spatter” traces seems ugly.   Let’s be clear: it is.  Uglier still is an unsolved murder.  We pursue this in the spirit of a better understanding of what happened August…

Lab Bench, Back Bench

Hey, Hey DNA!   What Can You Do For Us Next May? There’s quite a bit to pick through after last week’s motions and status hearing. Start with the headline from Friday’s status hearing, “Win, Lose or Draw.”   Just what did Bernie Grimm…